Government urged to take over Canada radio broadcasting
Ottawa heard public hearings on the royal commission’s proposals for national control of broadcasting. Recommendations included government ownership, a strengthened department of communications, and licensing funded by listeners. Stakeholders urged preserving Canadian culture and limiting foreign programming.
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Canada
Deesinien
Radie Broadcasting
Tim Fore
Royal Commission On Radio Broadcasting
Ottawa
John Aird
C. A. Poeeneman
RK. Frigon
All-Canadian Congress of Labor
Lcenses
Ww. T. Burford
Radio Telegraph Branch
Department of Marine
Department of Communications
Dominion
Radio Commission
Canadian Legion
J. A. Maclane Sakd
United States
British Isles
Canada United States Poultry Congress Delegation Plans Tour
Arrangements report that Canada and the United States will send delegates to the World Poultry Congress sailing July 12, 1950 from Montreal aboard a Duchess steamship. After the congress at Crystal Palace in London they will tour England Scotland Northern Ireland Irish Free State Wales Holland Denmark Belgium Germany Switzerland and France with nearly a thousand delegates expected.
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Canada
United States
Montreal
Duchess
Crystal Palace
London
England
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Irish Free State
Wales
Holland
Denmark
Belgium
Germany
Switzerland
France
Smartly Flared Gingham Pattern for Juniors
Pattern for a smartly flared junior dress with short sleeves and a circular skirt in a scalloped waistline. Sizes 6 8 10 12 with Style No 526, uses 2 yards material plus 1 yard contrasting for size 8, price 25 cents. Send 10 cents for Fashion Magazine.
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Tcoin
Flour Production Boost Expands Wheat Purchases in Dominion
Milling industry reports rising flour and cereal output this year in the Dominion. By April the industry had absorbed 72,521,270 bushels of wheat, about 6 million more than the prior year, while oats grinding reached 8,381,178 bushels, about the same as last year.
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Dominion
Financial Service
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No 2
Pattern NO.2 order details appear with Winnipeg Union at 17 McDermot Ave. The notice lists the address and pattern number for customers seeking specific sewing patterns.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Safety on the Farm and Tractor Protection Needs
The article urges renewed focus on farm safety alongside highway and factory concerns. It notes tractors lack adequate guards, leading to frequent injuries from wheels, discs, and blades, and calls safety councils to reduce accidents through better protective devices.
Chicago’s New Colossus Towering 75 Stories in Steel
A proposed Chicago skyscraper would reach 1,022 feet with 8,500,000 square feet of office space. It would be built on steel legs, allowing the Illinois Central Railway to run electric trains between legs, a design likened to a modern Babel and a successor to the ancient Colossus.
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Illinois Central Railway
Canada Gold Production Ranked Third Worldwide in 1928
Canada produced gold worth 39 million dollars in 1928, ranking third globally. Ontario led provincial output at 22 million dollars, followed by British Columbia Quebec Yukon Manitoba Alberta and Nova Scotia.
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Canada
Ontario
British Columbia
Quebec
Yukon
Manitoba
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Not a New Idea in Mapping Camera Use by Survey Dept
The camera has served the Topographical Survey of the Department of the Interior for forty years as a field tool to gather topographical data for mapping purposes.
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The
Topographical Survey, Department of the Interior
Bound To Succeed William Pullman and family settle in Townsend
Welsh miner William A. Pullman, his wife and nine children, emigrated to Canada under the CPR settlement plan and are now farming near Townsend. He praises Canadian farming, reports steady meals and work for his sons, and plans to acquire his own farm within a year. The piece notes migration interest as J H Thomas prepares to study Canada’s immigration problem and cites other miners seeking stable homes.
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William A. Pullman
Norfolk County
Mr Pullman
Prairie Provinces
Canada
C.P.R
Fyon Weir
Townsend
Mr. Pullman
J. H. Thomas
Mail and Empire
Bay Line Fall Opening Delayed For Passenger Traffic
The Hudson Bay Railway will likely not handle passenger traffic until end of October with opening celebrations postponed to spring. Bush fires and frozen gravel pits slowed construction. 2,000 workers and 11 trains operate, 1,000,000 yards of train fill still needed. Churchill terminal work aided by March 29 temporary line completion. two steamers deployed for supplies. The oceans cover 139,295,000 square miles.
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Hudson Bay Railway
Department of Railways and Canals
Churchill
CPR Wins Railway Goat Softball Duel 18 17
The annual Canada railways softball contest ends with Canadian Pacific edging Canadian National 18 to 17. The trophy, dubbed the CN R goat for a year, will rest at CPR headquarters until next year when the race resumes.
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Canada
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
C.P.R
C.N.R
Rapid Advancement of Air Travel Across North America
The article notes Canada uses the Farm Loan Board to expand farmer credit with five percent capital by borrowers and governments, while provinces like Alberta and British Columbia lead early adoption. It also highlights rising aviation growth from the United States to the Caribbean, with air-rail links and international flights, plus notable flights by Lindberghs and others as examples of expanding air travel and safety enhancements.
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Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Canadian Farm Loan Board
Tennyson
United States Army
West Indies
Cuba
Trinidad
South America
Buenos Aires
Tsetse Fly Named as Mankind's Waterloo by Indiana Educator
Dr. Roderic H. Rae of Indianapolis public schools warns the African tsetse fly threatens humanity with sleeping sickness. He cites a Crawfordsville, Indiana death as an example and says there is no known cure for the sting.
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Roderic H. Rae
Indianapolis
Rae
Dr. Rae
Crawfordsville
Ind
Loneliest Family on Cape York Isolated in Australia
A tele grapher Gunn family at Cape York station endures isolation at the northern tip of Australia. Surrounded by impenetrable bush and shark-infested waters, they have few visitors, reporting only 20 people in the past three years.
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Australia
Gunn
Cape York Station
Alberta's Wireless Stations Cost Report
A report on eight wireless stations in Alberta and the far north shows construction costs totaling 156,320 and annual operation expenses of 258. The stations at Aklavik Herschell Islands Dawson Mayo Fort Simpson Fort Smith Fort Resolution and Edmonton are operated by the department of national defence.
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Alberta
North
Department of National Defence
Aklavik
Herschell Islands
Dawson, Mayo
Fort Simpson
Fort Smith
Fort Resolution
Edmonton
Anglo American Contacts Britain's Commonwealth
A Kansas City Star editorial urges the United States to base foreign relations on sound friendship with the British Commonwealth. It highlights the importance of new, unnamed figures shaping diplomacy, noting the fleeting nature of fame.
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America
British Commonwealth of Nations
United States
British Commonwealth
Kansas City Star
The Committee's Punch 30wl Lake in Jasper Park Alberta
The lake known as The Committee's Punch 30wl in Jasper Park Alberta derives its name from historic Northwest Company days when traders and voyageurs gathered there to exchange furs and goods and discuss fur trade concerns.
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Jasper Park
Alberta
Northwest Company
Luxury Bath Carriage For Nawab Of Bhopal
A British motor firm completes a motor chassis mounted bathroom for the Nawab of Bhopal. The suite includes a full bath dressing table bed and chest of drawers with bath water heated by exhaust from the car engine.
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Bhopal
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Scritisn Empire Service League
Computesion
Hummel
Hamburg
F.C. Elford
World's Poultry Science Association
Canadian National Congress Committee
Harry R Lewis
United States Congress Committee
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
Poultry Congress
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Seth Low
Roosevelt Field
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R. G. Hoyt
U.S.A
Mitchel Field
San Francisco
New York Times
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